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長城 is the Chinese name for the Great Wall.
Built at the northern border of China to protect from Mongol attack.
Notes:
In Japanese, this can be a surname Nagaki. Japanese often use a longer title for the Great Wall of China.
In Korean, this refers to Changsŏng (a city in Changsŏng-kun county, Chŏllanam-to province).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 長城 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
長城 长城 see styles |
cháng chéng chang2 cheng2 ch`ang ch`eng chang cheng choujou / chojo ちょうじょう |
More info & calligraphy: The Great Wall of Chinalong (defensive) wall (esp. the Great Wall of China); (surname) Nagaki |
万里の長城 see styles |
banrinochoujou / banrinochojo ばんりのちょうじょう |
More info & calligraphy: The Great Wall of China |
砌長城 砌长城 see styles |
qì cháng chéng qi4 chang2 cheng2 ch`i ch`ang ch`eng chi chang cheng |
(coll.) to play mahjong |
碼長城 码长城 see styles |
mǎ cháng chéng ma3 chang2 cheng2 ma ch`ang ch`eng ma chang cheng |
(coll.) to play mahjong |
長城壁 see styles |
choujouheki / chojoheki ちょうじょうへき |
(place-name) Chōjōheki |
長城子 see styles |
choujoushi / chojoshi ちょうじょうし |
(given name) Chōjōshi |
砂の長城 see styles |
sunanochoujou / sunanochojo すなのちょうじょう |
(exp,n) Great Wall of Sand (Chinese land reclamation project in the Spratly Islands) |
萬里長城 万里长城 see styles |
wàn lǐ cháng chéng wan4 li3 chang2 cheng2 wan li ch`ang ch`eng wan li chang cheng |
the Great Wall |
長城航空 see styles |
choujoukoukuu / chojokoku ちょうじょうこうくう |
(org) Air Great Wall; (o) Air Great Wall |
長城飯店 长城饭店 see styles |
cháng chéng fàn diàn chang2 cheng2 fan4 dian4 ch`ang ch`eng fan tien chang cheng fan tien |
Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton 喜來登|喜来登) |
防火長城 防火长城 see styles |
fáng huǒ cháng chéng fang2 huo3 chang2 cheng2 fang huo ch`ang ch`eng fang huo chang cheng |
Great Firewall of China (system for restricting access to foreign websites) |
不到長城非好漢 不到长城非好汉 see styles |
bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn bu4 dao4 chang2 cheng2 fei1 hao3 han4 pu tao ch`ang ch`eng fei hao han pu tao chang cheng fei hao han |
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal |
中國長城工業公司 中国长城工业公司 see styles |
zhōng guó cháng chéng gōng yè gōng sī zhong1 guo2 chang2 cheng2 gong1 ye4 gong1 si1 chung kuo ch`ang ch`eng kung yeh kung ssu chung kuo chang cheng kung yeh kung ssu |
China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
The Great Wall of China | 長城 长城 | chou jou / choujou / cho jo | cháng chéng chang2 cheng2 chang cheng changcheng | ch`ang ch`eng changcheng chang cheng |
The Great Wall of China | 万里の長城 | ban ri no chou jou banrinochoujou ban ri no cho jo | ||
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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